This moon's four days old and close to setting but the effect's clearly
visible to the naked eye. Traditionally it's a warning to sailors.
My camera struggled a bit with the contrast.
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"Mad Cow" wrote:

This moon's four days old and close to setting but the effect's clearly
visible to the naked eye. Traditionally it's a warning to sailors.
My camera struggled a bit with the contrast.

Gotta like all that Earthshine ;-)

On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:10:46 +0000, Mad Cow
wrote:

This moon's four days old and close to setting but the effect's clearly
visible to the naked eye. Traditionally it's a warning to sailors.

What kind of warning?

-Zz

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writes
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:10:46 +0000, Mad Cow
wrote:

This moon's four days old and close to setting but the effect's clearly
visible to the naked eye. Traditionally it's a warning to sailors.

What kind of warning?


That the fine weather won't last. You'd have a brisk sailing wind with
very clear Arctic air tempting you out to sea into the path of the next
ferocious nor'wester - as it would've done on the night in question.

You can't imagine the difference good weather forecasts make to outdoor
life in Britain. And your chances of surviving it.
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This moon's four days old and close to setting but the effect's clearly
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My camera struggled a bit with the contrast.
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Nice shot. Not much you can do about the contrast after 4 days of a growing
moon unless an HDR exposure would help, I've never tried that. Maybe shoot
a couple of days earlier as well to increase the earthshine with less of a
burned out area. Dedicated moon shooters are always trying to get the
smallest lit area possible.
That's a fair closeup, did you crop or do you have a beeeg lens? And thanks
for explaining the "warning" bit.
jim

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This moon's four days old and close to setting but the effect's clearly
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My camera struggled a bit with the contrast.
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Nice shot. Not much you can do about the contrast after 4 days of a growing
moon unless an HDR exposure would help, I've never tried that. Maybe shoot
a couple of days earlier as well to increase the earthshine with less of a
burned out area. Dedicated moon shooters are always trying to get the
smallest lit area possible.
That's a fair closeup, did you crop or do you have a beeeg lens? And thanks
for explaining the "warning" bit.


Heh - I was surprised to even see the effect with a four days' moon!
I'll have another go next time I see it but we don't get to pick the day
here, it's much too humid tonight and mostly cloudy.

I cropped, the lens is a 70-300.

HDR probably would help. It's on my list to do sometime, after I've
eliminated the moss from my lawn, say.
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Sue, have you tried to underexpose from what the camera tells you? If
your camera has a Manual mode set your ISO to 200, Shutter to 1/80 and
bracket with the F-stop. If it's clear out where you tonight try some test
shots and see what you end up with.

Crazy Ed

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Sue, have you tried to underexpose from what the camera tells you? If
your camera has a Manual mode set your ISO to 200, Shutter to 1/80 and
bracket with the F-stop. If it's clear out where you tonight try some test
shots and see what you end up with.


Yes, though I left the lens at f5.6 and varied the exposure. The moon
was moving out of view so I hadn't much time to experiment (or to fetch
some warmer clothes!)

Er, the first quarter's in about twelve hours. I don't think the
earthlit half will be visible through the moonlit sky whatever the
weather, for at least the next fortnight!

Checks IR satellite and lunar ephemeris It's cloudy now and doesn't
look like clearing until the moon's too low to see over local
obstructions. Maybe at teatime tomorrow...
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"Mad Cow" wrote:

Er, the first quarter's in about twelve hours. I don't think the
earthlit half will be visible through the moonlit sky whatever the
weather, for at least the next fortnight!


There's always next month, or next or............. ;-)

Crazy Ed

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:12:21 -0700, Edward Erbeck
wrote:

"Mad Cow" wrote:

Er, the first quarter's in about twelve hours. I don't think the
earthlit half will be visible through the moonlit sky whatever the
weather, for at least the next fortnight!


There's always next month, or next or............. ;-)

Crazy Ed

Or years ago.

Moon and Pleiades, April 2006.

Bob ^,,^